Seventh suspect pleads guilty in Missouri marijuana ring
A Houston man pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday in connection with a marijuana drug ring based out of Missouri.
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Two more plead guilty in Missouri marijuana conspiracy
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two more people admitted to their roles in a nationwide marijuana-selling operation that’s tied to a killing in Columbia. Kurt Arthur Petersen and Norman James George, III pleaded guilty on Thursday at the Christopher Bond federal courthouse in Jefferson City. Petersen pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute more
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Jury convicts Jefferson City man of lying in gun purchase attempts
A federal jury convicted a Jefferson City man Monday of providing false information while unsuccessfully trying to purchase guns on two occasions.
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Columbia shooting survivor booked into Boone County jail
A Columbia man that survived a September shooting is now in the Boone County jail on felony drug charges.
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Murder charge dropped in plea deal with Jefferson City murder suspect
Cole County prosecutors have reached an agreement with Bruce Thomas, one of the three suspects charged in connection with a deadly shooting last year.
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Woman charged with stealing from Food Stamp program
Osage County prosecutors charged a woman Tuesday for allegedly stealing public assistance benefits.
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Missouri Senate bill would increase police officers in mid-sized cities
A state senator has filed a bill meant to reduce crime in mid-sized cities by providing money for more police officers.
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Search for Columbia mother apparently scaled back
The search in a Mid-Missouri river for a missing Columbia woman was scaled back Wednesday, the seventh day that crews were on the water.
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Former Glasgow city administrator charged after auditor finds misused funds
GLASGOW, Mo. (KMIZ) The city administrator in the Howard County town of Glasgow has been charged with theft more than two years after he resigned from office. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office, acting as a special prosecutor, charged Kevin Atwood in Howard County on Dec. 2 with a single count of felony receiving stolen property.
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Columbia man sentenced to 15 years for deadly motorcycle crash
A Columbia man was sentenced to 15 years in the Missouri Department of Correction on Monday for a deadly 2018 crash involving a motorcycle.
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Columbia man accused of causing $2,500 damage to area business
Malcolm Bush, 26, is accused of breaking a window at the Andy’s Frozen Custard on Trimble Road Sunday.
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Search for Mengqi Ji Elledge continues into seventh day
Authorities were back at the De Bourgmont access on the Lamine River on Tuesday to search for a missing Columbia mother.
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State Supreme Court upholds death sentence for man convicted of Jefferson City murder
Missouri Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled to uphold a man’s death sentence conviction for killing two people in 2009.
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Police visited Columbia motel hundreds of times in past year
Police have visited a Columbia motel where a person was found dead Tuesday from a gunshot wound hundreds of times in the past year.
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Court denies insurance company’s appeal in Ryan Ferguson lawsuit
Missouri Court of Appeals Western District judges sided with Ryan Ferguson after an insurance company appealed a Boone County court ruling that awarded Ferguson $5.3 million in a wrongful conviction lawsuit.
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Police identify man killed in Columbia shooting
Columbia Police on scene of homicide at Welcome Inn in north Columbia COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say they found a 36-year-old Columbia man dead in a car at a north Columbia motel late Monday. Police on patrol saw a running vehicle in the parking lot of Welcome Inn on North Providence Road at about 11:50
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Columbia liquor store robbed for second time in less than a month
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are investigating the second armed robbery in a little more than a month at a southwest Columbia liquor store. Officers were called at about 5 p.m. Monday to Xpress Liquor & Smokes on Corona Road in the Cherry Hill area of Columbia. A man wearing a camouflage jacket with dark pants
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Huntsville man charged in connection with Moberly armed robbery
MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Huntsville man was arrested and charged on Tuesday after he allegedly went in to Bratcher’s Fuel in Moberly and pulled a gun on an employee. Shawn K. McCormick was arrested and charged with first-degree robbery. The incident happened around 6 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Moberly Police Department. An undisclosed
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Sedalia man charged after weekend Tipton shooting
TIPTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was charged over the weekend after he allegedly shot one person and hit another, sending both to the hospital. Bobby J, Moore, 43, was charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon. Moore was
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Jefferson City couple accused of keeping child in closet
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County prosecutors charged a couple with a felony count each linked to a Cole County Sheriff’s Department investigation into child abuse. Joseph Ciavarella, 52, and Loretta Wilhelm, 34, of Jefferson City were charged Saturday after court documents say deputies started their investigation on Jan. 1, 2018. Ciavarella faces a charge
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